ArticlePediatrics2018
Age at Menarche, Depression, and Antisocial Behavior in Adulthood.
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- The sex-specific role of adrenal androgens in youth psychopathology.Translational psychiatry · 2026Article
- Genetic insights into the relationship between age at menarche and mental health-related phenotypes.European psychiatry : the journal of the Association of European Psychiatrists · 2026Article
- Association between parental age at childbirth and timing of puberty in children: an 8-year cohort study.Biology of sex differences · 2026Article
- Precocious Puberty and Risk of Psychiatric Disorders: A Nationwide Cohort Study Using Prospective Registry Data.The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism · 2026Article
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- Central Precocious Puberty and Psychiatric Disorders.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- The association between age at menarche and depression: a cross-sectional analysis of the TABARI cohort at enrollment phase.BMC psychiatry · 2025Article
- Concurrent and long-term effects of early pubertal timing on alcohol, cigarette, and cannabis use from adolescence to adulthood.Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors · 2024Article
- Alterations in the gut microbiota community are associated with childhood obesity and precocious puberty.BMC microbiology · 2024Article
- Changes in the Bile Acid Pool and Timing of Female Puberty: Potential Novel Role of Hypothalamic TGR5.Endocrinology · 2024Article
- Earlier Menarche in Greek Girls Born by Caesarean Section: A Case-Control Study.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- Mental health and well-being of women (menarche, perinatal, and menopause).Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Critical appraisal of diagnostic laboratory tests in the evaluation of central precocious puberty.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Article
- Early puberty: a review on its role as a risk factor for metabolic and mental disorders.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2024Review
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Abstract
backgroundEarly pubertal timing in girls is one of the best-replicated antecedents of a range of mental health problems during adolescence, but few researchers have examined the duration of these effects.
methodsWe leverage a nationally representative sample (
resultsEarlier ages at menarche were associated with higher rates of both depressive symptoms and antisocial behaviors in early-middle adulthood largely because difficulties that started in adolescence did not attenuate over time.
conclusionsThese findings indicate that the emotional sequelae of puberty extend further than documented in previous research, and suggest that earlier development may place girls on a life path from which it may be difficult to deviate. The American Academy of Pediatrics already provides guidelines for identifying and working with patients with early pubertal timing. Pediatricians and adolescent health care providers should also be attuned to early maturers' elevated mental health risk and sensitive to the potential duration of changes in mental health that begin at puberty.
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